Why did Eisenhower send 1,000 paratroopers to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?
A) to ensure that black students could attend a desegregated school
B) to quell a violent race riot resulting from the desegregation of the military
C) to investigate a planned terrorist attack from the Soviet Union
D) to protect a top secret chemical weapon on its way to Washington, DC
E) to arrest hundreds of alleged segregationist activists and supporters
Answer: A
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A) France. B) Spain. C) Western Indians. D) Britain.
The military plan that called for an invasion of France through Belgium was called
A. the Belgian insertion plan. B. the Schlieffen plan. C. the Brest-Litovsk Offense. D. Plan XVII. E. the Bismarck plan.
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a. six months. b. two months. c. week. d. two days.
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a. Boston b. New York City c. Baltimore d. Philadelphia